COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY PLACEMENT PAPER

CTS Cognizant Technology Solutions Placement Paper

1. Using the digits 1,5,2,8 four digit numbers are formed and the sum of all possible such numbers.

ans:106656

2. Four persons can cross a bridge in 3,7,13,17 minutes. Only two can cross at a time. find the minimum time taken by the four to cross the bridge.

ans:20

3. Find the product of the prime numbers between 1-20

ans.9699690

4. 2,3,6,7--- using these numbers form the possible four digit numbers that are divisible by 4.

ans.8

5. Two trains are traveling at 18kmph and are 60 km apart. There is fly in the train. it flies at 80kmph. It flies and hits the second train and then it starts to oscillate between the two trains. At one instance when the two trains collide it dies. Distance traveled by the fly when both trains collide is Ans.---12km

6. there are 1000 doors that are of the open-close type. When a person opens the door he closes it and then opens the other. When the first person goes he opens-closes the doors ion the multiples of 1 i.e., he opens and closes all the doors. when the second goes he opens and closes the doors 2, 4 6 8 respectively. Similarly when the third one goes he does this for 3 6 9 1 2 15th doors resly. Find number of doors that are open at last.

Ans: square numbers

7.There are 9 balls of this one is defective. Find the minimum no. of chances of finding the defective one.

Ans: 3times

8. There are coins of Rs.5, 2,1,50p,25p,10p,5p. Each one has got a weight. Rs 5 coin weighs 20gms.find the minimum number of coins to get a total of 196.5gms.

9.A can do a work in 8 days, B can do a work in 7 days, C can do a work in 6 days. A works on the first day, B works on the second day and C on the third day resly.that is they work on alternate days. When will they finish the work. which day will they finish the work.

Ans: 7 7/168 days

10.A batsman scores 23 runs and increases his average from 15 to 16. find the runs to be made if he wants top inc the avg to 18 in the same match.

Ans: 39runs.

11.A man sells apples. First he gives half of the total apples what he has and a half apple. Then he gives half of the remaining and a half apple. He gives it in the same manner. After 7 times all are over. How many apples did he initially have.

Ans: 127 apples.

12.In a club there are male and female members. If 15 female quit then the number of females will become double the number of males. If 45 males quit no. of female becomes five times the number of males. Find the number of females.

Ans: females:175,males:80

13.When I was married 10 years back my wife was the sixth member of my family. Now I have a baby. Today my father was dead and I had a new baby. now the average age of my family is the same as that when I was married. Find the age of my father when I was married.

ans:50

14.I and two of my friends were playing a game. For each win I get Rs 3. totally I had three wins. Player 2 got Rs9 and player 3 got Rs 12. how many games had been played.

15.A person gives a secret to two other persons in 5 minutes. How long will he take to tell the secret to 768 people.

16.There are 40 seats in a bus. People agree to share the money for the number of seats. The total money comes to 70.37. how many seats were free.

Ans. 9 seats.Rs.2.27

17.I had Rs100 and I play. If I win I will have Rs110 and if I lose I will have Rs90. at the end I have 2 wins and 2 loses. How much do I have.

18.There were sums related to diagrams. They asked to calculate the areas of the circle, rectangle that were enclosed in other objects. They were simple.

19. In a village, there is flood. In one village causalities were less than the other. Why?

Ans : There were better health care centres(HCC).

20. A question on Pythagoras Theorem.

Ans. 20

21. The distance between Mumbai & Calcutta is 25000 Km. Train goes from Mumbai to Calcutta for which Speed & Time are given. From C->M Speed alone is give. Of the above conditions which is not required. (Not Complete)

Ans: The distance 25,000Km is not required. Because, Speed * Time = Distance. So only two conditions are required.

22. m < n & x>y Which is false?

Ans: x-m < y-n

23. A person has Rs.100. If he wins he gains 10%. If he loses the game, he loses 10%. He wins twice and loses twice. How much he has at the end?

Ans: Always less than 100.

24. Area of Shaded portion is ?

Ans : 115.5

25. In A tribal group two groups live in different climatic conditions. Ear Sensitivity is tested and found that one has more when compared to other. What is the reason.

Ans. Depends on the physical place and condition he is living.

  

 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY PLACEMENT PAPER

 

CTS or Cognizant Technology Solutions conducts Examination for the recruitment in various sectors.

Cognizant paper consists of three sections

They are 1) verbal… 25 questions 20 minutes

2.        Analytical? 25 questions 30 minutes

3.        Attention? 20 questions 20 minutes

Verbal consists of:

-  Choose the correct sentences among given sentences.

-  Choose the incorrect sentences among given sentences.

-  Jumbled sentences.

-  Two reading comprehension passages (global warming, whales and hunters)

Analytical section:

In a class there are 150 people who speak English and 125 people who speak Hindi. 55 speak both languages and at least one student speaks one language.

1.        How many students speak at least one language? (220)

2.        How many people speak only one language? (165)

In a class everyone will play at least one sport viz table tennis, cricket and badminton. 73 students play table tennis, 79 play badminton, 75 play cricket and 25 students play both table tennis and badminton, 24 play both table tennis and cricket 30 play. Badminton and cricket and 16 students play all the sports.

3.        How many students are there in the class (161)

4.        How many students play only cricket. (37)

There is another question related to Venn diagram…it is same as first one….sorry I can’t remember In a certain language * represents 0 and $ represents 1. 

Answer the following questions

5.        389+91($$$$*****)

6.        Lcm of ($*$*,$*$**,$*$*$) (420)

7.         Average of (10, 20, 21) ($***$)

8.        420 ($$*$**$**)

9.        9+7-3*6+4-12/6(*) A is the son of B A+B

A is the father of B A‐B

A is the brother of B A*B

10.    P*Q-R

a.       P is the Uncle of R like this 4 options ll b given. U should choose d correct one

11.    P*Q+R

12.    P+Q-R

A cube is cut into 216 parts. the 2nd 4th n 6th layers of the front face r removed n den painted black. Now answer d following questions

13.    How many cubes r painted on only one side?

14.    How many cubes r painted on only 2 sides?

15.    How many cubes r painted on only 3 sides?

16.    How many cubes r painted on only 4 sides?

17.    How many cubes r painted 0 sides?

Data sufficiency questions

C.      Only condition 1 is required to solve

D.      Only condition 2 is required to solve

e.      Both are required

f.        Both are not sufficient

18.    Find whether X is odd

1)2*X is even

2x^2 is odd

A.      C B) d C) e D) f

19.     How many seconds does a minute hand takes to rotate 360 degrees

1.        Minute hand revolves round the clock 5 times in a minute

2.        Minute hand is 5 times greater that short hand some other questions similar to d above

20.    There are 4 cities A,B,C,D. There are 4 Routes 4m A 2 B,3 routes 4m B 2 C, and 2 routes 4m C

2  D. Then in how many different ways can A go 2 D

A.      12 B) 24 C) 32 D) 48

Attention Section

Choose the correct option based on the following statement

1).If Tendulkar plays till end India will win the match

a.       Tendulkar plays till end

b.      India wins the match

c.       Tendulkar falls cheaply

d.      India loses d match A)ab B)ab n cd C)b D)d

2).If X travels without a ticket he will be fined 50 bucks

a.       X buys d ticket

b.      X w2as not fined

c.       X doesn?t buy a ticket

d)x was fined

A)ab B)cd C)ab n cd D)none

Some questions like

1.        All A?s r B?s

2.        All B?s r C?s

Then choose the correct option based on the above statements

1.        All tables are chairs

2.        Some tables are desks

1.         No mammals are animals

2.        Some animal?s are goats

Find the odd figure out

8  people A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H, lives in 4 storied building which contains 2 flats each. Flats number

7  and 8 belongs to 4th floor from left to right. Flats 3 and 4 are the second floor from the bottom and are numbered right to left. So are 5 and 6 which lies on second floor from top. 1 and

2  are the first floors numbered left to right. A and E stays on the second floor from the bottom. F lies one floor above B, which is one floor above C.

Three questions were asked based on the given problem.